World meat industry news

Tomsk holding company Sibagro bought a pig farm in the Kursk region

  • 16 Sep 09:50

Tomsk holding company Sibagro bought a pig farm in the Kursk region Tomsk-registered agro-industrial company Sibagro has expanded its list of controlled assets by adding Shchigry Glavprodukt pork complex in the Kursk region, which used to be part of Global Eco group, Sibagro's press service said on Monday. Earlier it was reported that Sibagro includes seven pig farms – in Tomsk, Kemerovo, Novosibirsk, Sverdlovsk and Tyumen regions, Krasnoyarsk Krai and the Republic of Buryatia; three meat processing plants in Tomsk, Novosibirsk and Yekaterinburg and the Tomskaya poultry farm. In April 2021, Sibagro bought a number of facilities, including a pork complex and a meat processing plant of Belgorod Promagro. "We have. Read more...

Russian turkey and duck meat renaissance

  • 16 Sep 09:49

Russian turkey and duck meat renaissance As broiler meat production in Russia sees the strongest decline in decades, investors are flocking to other poultry meat segments. Local analysts predict that turkey, duck and quail meat will drive growth in the Russian poultry industry in the years to come. In recent years, unconventional poultry meat production in Russia has been on a roller coaster. Major turkey producer, Eurodon, rolled out plans in 2017 to invest 78 billion rubles (US$ 1.3 billion) to expand production capacity in Rostov Oblast in southern Russia. Meanwhile, Eurodon’s subsidiary, Donstar, upped duck production. As Vadim Vaneev, general manager of Eurodon explains, both segments of. Read more...

WorldFood Moscow will bring together global food market leaders for a 30th time

  • 16 Sep 09:47

WorldFood Moscow will bring together global food market leaders for a 30th time The 30th Anniversary autumn food and drink exhibition WorldFood Moscow will take place on 21-24 September 2021 at Crocus Expo. The event will be organized by Hyve Group. Every autumn, for three decades running, WorldFood Moscow becomes a meeting venue and a platform for exchange of experience the Russian and global food market leaders. At the exhibition site, leading producers of food and beverages, representatives of wholesale and retail trade, public catering and HoReCa get a unique opportunity to negotiate with new customers and suppliers, expand the geography of sales and sign new contracts, get acquainted with the market innovations, and find new partners. In. Read more...

Russia bans the import of Brazilian beef and livestock since September 15

  • 16 Sep 09:44

Russia bans the import of Brazilian beef and livestock  since September 15 Since September 15, Rosselkhoznadzor has banned the import of cattle and beef from the state of Minas Gerais of Brazil into the Russian Federation. Boneless beef supplies are also limited from the state of Mato Grosso. As reported in the materials of the department, this is due "to theinformation about the cases of spongiform encephalopathy in cattle (BSE,so-called" mad cow disease ")". The ban on supplies from the state of Minas Gerais also applies to blood and blood-containing products, beef on the bone, beef offal, intestinal raw materials obtained from cattle, with the exception of protected casings, mechanically deboned beef, as well. Read more...

Russian farmers criticise European End the Cage Age campaign

  • 15 Sep 09:29

Russian farmers criticise European End the Cage Age campaign Russian poultry producers state that they most likely would stop exporting poultry products to European Union (EU) as soon as restrictions on caged farming are introduced across the Union, as matching new standards would be too expensive. In June of 2021, the European Commission announced plans to work on new laws to phase out caged farming across the Union, a few weeks after the European Parliament voted on the same measure. The campaign began with theEnd the Cage Agepetition, which collected more than 1.4 million signatures amongst European citizens. Under the new rules, the EU is expected to restrict imports from the countries with the continuing use of. Read more...

Pava-Pava adopts recyclable packaging

  • 15 Sep 09:27

Pava-Pava adopts recyclable packaging Cherkizovo Group, Russia’s largest meat producer, has started offering Pava-Pava turkey products in new recyclable packaging in September. The switch to recyclable materials will reduce plastic waste by up to 4tonnes per month and bolster the Company’s contribution to sustainability and responsible consumption in Russia. In September, Cherkizovo Group started releasing products from its Pava-Pava brand in new recyclable packaging. Their wrapping comes with a ‘Recyclable Tray’ label, and the international recycling symbol, the Mobius strip, can be found on a tray’s bottom to prove it. Currently, around 60%of Pava-Pava products are being. Read more...

African swine fever quarantine canceled in four districts of the Pskov region

  • 14 Sep 10:07

African swine fever quarantine canceled in four districts of the Pskov region By decree of the Governor Mikhail Vedernikov, signed in early September, quarantine for African swine fever was canceled in four districts of the Pskov region. The main restrictions ceased to operate on the territory of Porkhovsky, Bezhanitsky, Strugo-Krasnensky and Pskov districts, where three epizootic foci of ASF and two infected objects were localized and sanitized. At the same time, the owners of personal subsidiary farms and farms located in quarantine, threatened and surveillance zones, as well as the entire local population, will have to adhere to a special procedure for the import and export of pigs and pig products for six months to prevent repeated. Read more...

Russian beef rushes to the Chinese market, exports to China soared 26 times, Australian beef complaints

  • 14 Sep 10:02

Russian beef rushes to the Chinese market, exports to China soared 26 times, Australian beef complaints Beef isthe third most consumed meat product in the world, and its market consumption is second only to pork and poultry. According to the statistics of the World Food Organization, the United States, Brazil and China are the top three countries in terms of total beef consumption in the world. According to the annual per capita beef consumption in 2009, Argentina ranked first with a per capita consumption of 64.6 kg; the United States ranked second with a per capita consumption of 42.1 kg; and Europe ranked third with a per capita consumption of 11.9 kg. According to relevant data, China's beef consumption has shown rapid growth in recent years. In 2019,. Read more...

In 2020, it was not possible to maintain a positive trend in livestock

  • 13 Sep 09:36

In 2020, it was not possible to maintain a positive trend in livestock Dmitry Butusov, Director of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, spoke about the state of dairy farming at the eleventh meeting of the "Dairy Sessions". The expert noted that since 2015, a positive trend has been maintained in the increase of livestock, but 2020 has changed the situation, shared information with The DairyNews one of the participants of the event. Dmitry Butusov noted that the most successful regions in terms of dairy farming skillfully operate not only with the tools offered at the federal level, but also with regional programs. Such a comprehensive work allows us to take. Read more...

Russian agriculture turns to exports through market capitalism

  • 13 Sep 09:35

Russian agriculture turns to exports through market capitalism Vladimir Putin managed to attract foreign investment, modernize the agricultural productive sector and triple the value of shipments. In the Soviet period, Russia depended on the US for more than 60% of its grain imports;and at that same stage its participation in international trade (imports + exports) was only 4% of the total. The amazing thing is not the existence of the cold war between the Soviet Union and the United States, but that it has lasted so long (between 1948 and 1991, when the Soviet system disintegrated by implosion due to the impossibility of responding to the American pressure, then led by by Ronald Reagan, who doubled the US defense budget in real. Read more...